[ Tsuruno... is unsure of amusement parks. Not normally, but sometimes there's something unsettling about ones that belong to cities with no native residents. But all the same, she feels as though she could investigate (and not tell Robby about it) and probably should investigate, just in case.
Which is why she's near the entrance when she spots a familiar face. ]
[Well. He's not much of an amusement park person, either. It all seems needlessly silly, all strangely performative to this man's less-than-flattering lens in which he views the world. But who is he, but not a person compelled by constant curiosity and the need to investigate? To know what exactly is going on with this city and its attempts to seem welcoming, with something darker churning beneath its surface--
Oh, anyway, there's Tsuruno.]
Tsuruno.
[He turns his head to spot her from where he stands at the entrance, smiling his usual little smile. Though this time, he does hike up a brow by a few degrees.
...Let's see what attractions they have for us first. We can sample the food later.
[Just in case it's the kind of food with Consequences, he wants to see if they play out in any passerby's first, should they happen to run into anyone else.]
[Oh, it doesn't take much walking for them to spy something at a distance, though: it's indeed a hall of mirrors, if the scrawling script above the building means anything. But Henry pauses, gesturing in that direction, and mostly referring to the entrance which is shaped like a gawping, giant mouth of a clown.
Lovely.]
That look like "fun" to you?
[Clowns are terrifying to some people. Real nightmare fuel. Henry appreciates that at a baseline level, so his question is just a little wry, but not necessarily a rejection of the idea.]
[Punished? Hold on. Let's start with that, first.]
What do you mean "punished"? For drawing attention away from the city's "main event"?
[Oh, that adds a sense of coercion to the fact that they're here, doesn't it? Subtle and insidious. They might not be told outright to attend any given event, but there's clearly a reason for them existing; reason enough to punish someone who purposeful pulls them away from it.]
It was different, both times. One time he didn't say anything at all, he just did his best to kill me, no matter what I said to him. And the other time, she thought... well, she didn't recognize me. I think she was seeing me as something else, but she could hear what I was saying to her.
I could only snap 'em out of it by knocking them out, unfortunately.
[ And taking on some dents and dings for her trouble. ]
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rings this in!!
Which is why she's near the entrance when she spots a familiar face. ]
Oh! Hey! Henry!!
opens my arms
Oh, anyway, there's Tsuruno.]
Tsuruno.
[He turns his head to spot her from where he stands at the entrance, smiling his usual little smile. Though this time, he does hike up a brow by a few degrees.
He waves her over.]
This city keeps surprising us, doesn't it?
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[ The more they get, the more is revealed? Mysterious. ]
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[He casts his eyes towards the fair.]
I can't quite decide what to think about that, after the mall.
[Did SHE also undergo a mall chase sequence--]
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[ She sure did! Plenty of them! A lot of them weren't hers! ]
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[It was very, ah, unhinged on his part. But it's fine! He's normal now. Just look at this face. :) ]
Guess that makes me the weird one. Even so, I can't say it was very pleasant, and I wonder if the city is trying to make up for its... misstep.
[Or, you know, playing it off like nothing weird happened at all.]
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That'd be nice, but I don't think cities can feel guilty.
[ If only. ]
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I wouldn't discount any theory right now, no matter how out there it sounds.
[Henry tilts his head towards the fair proper, its interior nothing but bright colors and other activities that might compel them to interact.]
Want to take a look around while we're here?
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[ She pauses and looks him over. Tall. Very thin. Kind of gaunt? ]
... So! Fair attraction?
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But wow, that pause and redirect.]
...Let's see what attractions they have for us first. We can sample the food later.
[Just in case it's the kind of food with Consequences, he wants to see if they play out in any passerby's first, should they happen to run into anyone else.]
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[ Henry out here to watch people be morons, sounds about right. ]
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We can definitely take a look.
[Oh, it doesn't take much walking for them to spy something at a distance, though: it's indeed a hall of mirrors, if the scrawling script above the building means anything. But Henry pauses, gesturing in that direction, and mostly referring to the entrance which is shaped like a gawping, giant mouth of a clown.
Lovely.]
That look like "fun" to you?
[Clowns are terrifying to some people. Real nightmare fuel. Henry appreciates that at a baseline level, so his question is just a little wry, but not necessarily a rejection of the idea.]
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audio; un: mightiest
... Just wanted to check in. Were you okay around Halloween?
[ it's your favorite teenager!!!!
(Citation needed.) ]
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Take that as you will.]
Hi, Tsuruno. I made it though just fine, though I heard that wasn't the case for everyone.
Guess I was due a break after everything else.
[(He's not sure how to feel about her checking on him in the first place, though.)]
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[ Wow, he should feel happy! Obviously? ]
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What about you? Did you come out of it unscathed? That was the whole point of your party, right, to avoid anything the city might throw at us?
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And then I got... into a few fights in that one haunted house.
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What do you mean "punished"? For drawing attention away from the city's "main event"?
[Oh, that adds a sense of coercion to the fact that they're here, doesn't it? Subtle and insidious. They might not be told outright to attend any given event, but there's clearly a reason for them existing; reason enough to punish someone who purposeful pulls them away from it.]
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A lot of people who tried to avoid it got hit harder with the impulse to go, and that was probably the lightest part of it.
[ Paranoia, weirdly paranormal activity... ]
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So. We are being tested for some purpose.
[A pause.]
What did you experience, exactly, when you fought others in the haunted house? Was it like they couldn't recognize you?
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I could only snap 'em out of it by knocking them out, unfortunately.
[ And taking on some dents and dings for her trouble. ]
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[Which he would greatly admire, were he not also possibly going to be a victim of this further, someday. Hypocrite and all.]
But if it's trying to drive us mad, it's going about it in a strange way.
[He's not sure this is how he'd do it, anyway.]
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[ She doesn't approve. ]
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And yet I get the feeling that we're going to get fewer and fewer breaks as they try to achieve their goal.
[Whatever that is!]
How are you coping?
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delivery, backdated to Christmas
It's a lovingly painted rock, black and white, with pasted on googly eyes, and a note. ]
Don't throw this one at me, okay? It's for the memories! Merry Christmas!